Read the excerpt from holes. stanley's father was an inventor. to be a successful inventor you need three things: intelligence, perseverance, and just a little bit of luck. stanley's father was smart and had a lot of perseverance. once he started a project he would work on it for years, often going days without sleep. he just never had any luck. in the above excerpt, how did the author support the idea that stanley’s dad “had a lot of perseverance”? through the words of stanley’s dad through the actions of stanley’s dad through the feelings of stanley’s dad through the thoughts of stanley’s dad

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”